Low signal strength on Belkin F5D 8233-4v3 wireless...

I bought a Belkin F5D8233-4v3 wireliess N router to replace my old Linksys wireless B router. I was especting a better reception from the N router. However, to my disappointment the signal strength of this N router is about same as the old rotuer (getting 1 to 2 bars and 11mbps). I place the new router at the same place as the old router (which is on the second floor) and my wireless laptop is on the 3rd floor. I had call the support staffs in Belkin and even updated the firmware but all this did not help. The reason why I bought this router is because I read many good report regarding this router. Anyone can help? Thanks.

Bought N Belkin router, router on 1st floor, computer on second floor, poor signal, keps dropping signal. even wired laptop to router and still couldnt get on internet. Bought N Belkin router, router on 1st floor, computer on second floor, poor signal, keps dropping signal. even wired laptop to router and still couldnt get on internet.

With speeds around 10 mb to the router over wireless you may want to consider checking if AUTO chanel is enabled or available on that modelIf so then enable it.

Also consider moving the router if there are any other wireless devices nearby eg. cordless phone.

It may also be the the windows "zero wireless configuration" service is finding too many other wireless signals nearby that may be stronger than your own

If that is the case you may want to disable the service and set it to manual. Better still if you have a utility on the laptop (most have) then try set that to control the wireless setting instead of windows.

One of those last two items should help you maintain a better connection but only holds true if you have a reasonable connection to the router to start with.

You might also consider a cheaper wireless repeater to enable you to get better speeds

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HI,
If its a Internet link which u are speaking about, Please connect the LAN to the System with LAN wire and check the speed. the Problem will be due to low connectivity issue. Wireless router will not increase the bandwidth, it can able to provide the same or below the bandwidth which it received from the ISP.

Strange, as these modems tend to have a pretty decent wireless signal strength. Try changing the channel your modem broadcasts on. If you surf to 192.168.1.1 you'll be able to visit the modem interface, where you can change this setting.

Don't forget to make a WPA key to secure your network. (WPA is stronger than WEP encryption) also AES is stronger than TKIP.

Other than that you should just plugin your WAN (modem) to the router in the specified port and then plugin any wired connections, if you don't have any you need to use the wireless connection and connect to your router and set it up that way.

The setup address should be 192.168.0.1, or 192.168.1.1, or it maybe be different, in that case go to start>run>type cmd and then type in ipconfig in the command prompt, and the gateway address is the one that is the router setup IP. Enter that into your web browser (if the first 2 don't work, use the cmd/ipconfig method to findout the gateway address.)

After that you can refer to the manual since I dont have the same router.

If you're encountering a very internet connection on your router, this is can be a problem with either the internet connection from your modem or the firmware of the router should be updated, first thing that you can try is to update the firmware of the firmware of the router, you can download the latest firmware of it from Belkin web site then after that observe the connection if you still have a slow internet using the router , Try to check now the internet from your modem by connecting a computer directly to your modem and if you still have the same problem internet connection from your ISP is the problem so you can contact them about that..........

You actually have a couple of issues here. Fix these in this order.
1.) Login to router and turn off wireless (if you're not wanting to use wireless)
2.) Connect the ADSL modem CAT5 port to the WAN port of the Belkin router.
3.) Login to router and turn on NAT and make sure DHCP is enabled.
4.) On your Windows machine turn on DHCP under the network settings.
This should allow your connection to be setup automatically and stop wireless access on the Belkin router.
Let me know if you need more help.
JC